Associate - We-Can Project, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

## Associate - We-Can Project, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India - Organization:UNV - United Nations Volunteers - Field location:Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh - Office:UNV - United Nations Volunteers in Bhopal Description of assignment title:Associate - We-Can Project Assignment country:India Work location:On UN premises Expected start date:12/01/2026 Duration:6 monthsLong-term benefits and allowances Sustainable Development Goal:13. Climate action Host entity:UNWomen IND Volunteer category:Associate UCoS from Apr2026 Work schedule:Full-time Number of Assignments:1 Mission and objectives: - UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. - UN Women works to advance gender-responsive climate and environmental action, recognising that climate change disproportionately affects women and girls, while also limiting progress towards gender equality. Guided by its Climate and Environment Strategy (2026–2029), UN Women supports governments, communities, civil society and partners to strengthen climate policies, expand women's leadership and participation in decision-making, improve access to climate finance, promote just transitions to green and blue economies, and strengthen gender and environment data for evidence-based action. - The Women Empowered for Climate resilience through Ag iNnovation (WE-CAN) project is enabling women smallholder farmers to equitably access and adopt evidence-based, next-generation climate-smart input – biofertilizers; which contributes to improved soil health, crop productivity, income and resilience to climate change. The project is operational in Jhabua District, Madhya Pradesh with the implementation support of a civil society partner and technical support of a private sector partner. - The UN Volunteer will support with 1) field-level engagement with women smallholder farmers who are part of the program 2) collecting data and supporting reporting process on what works 3) Developing creative communication and knowledge products. This role provides hands-on exposure to gender-responsive and climate-resilient agriculture programming. - Under the overall supervision of WE-CAN Project Manager and day-to-day reporting to State Lead Madhya Pradesh, the UN Associate Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: - 1. Support in community engagement and women farmer capacity building: - - assist project partners in organizing and documenting training sessions, community meetings, and awareness activities with women smallholder farmers. - - support preparation of training materials, participate in field visits, capture farmer feedback, and help ensure that women's perspectives and experiences are reflected in project activities. - 2. Assist with field data collection, monitoring and documenting progress: - - support the collection, compilation, and analysis of project data related to women's adoption of cli-mate-smart agricultural innovations, including biofertilizers and other emerging technologies. Responsibilities may include conducting surveys, entering and cleaning data, documenting success stories, and supporting monitoring visits to project sites. This will help strengthen evidence generation on what works to improve women's access to climate-resilient agricultural innovations. - 3. Contribute to knowledge product development and communications: - - support the development of case studies, learning briefs, photo stories, presentations, and social media content showcasing project achievements and lessons learned. - - Working closely with UN Women and implementing partners, help document innovative approaches that position women smallholder farmers as leaders and innovators in climate adaptation and sustainable agriculture - Examples of potential assignments include: - • Engaging with women farmers to assess their challenges to adoption of biofertilizers, enablers in technology adoption and learning gaps. - • Documenting lessons learned in field logs with recommendations to strengthen the pilot program. - • Piloting select recommendations to strengthen positive impact for women farmers. - • Conducting a literature review of climate-smart agricultural innovation programs and how they have ensured adoption by women farmers. - •Develop a list of best practices and recom-mendations from the literature review in a technical report. - • Collate successful models of engaging women farmers as innovators or lead farmers. - •Develop 3-5 participatory and creative modules of trainings for women farmers on leadership, decision-making in the household, and climate-smart agricultural practices. Use visual tools, games, and discussions. Pilot modules and document how to improve for scaling. - • Conduct a market assessment for smallholder farmer’s use of fertilizer, biofertilizer, and other inputs to understand demand, supply and perceptions. - •Provide a short report on the assessment. - • Develop a creative photo-story to document women farmer’s voices and journey as innova-tors. - •Document farmer’s perceptions of climate change, project impact, learnings and challenges. - Candidate must be a national, legal resident or hold refugee status in the country of assignment. Additional eligibility criteria: - This assignment is funded by the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) and therefore only students currently enrolled at KIIT University are eligible to apply. - Students from Scheduled Tribes communities are especially encouraged to apply. Assignment requirements - English, Level: Fluent, Required - Hindi, Level: Working knowledge, Required Required education level: - Bachelor's degree in (Currently enrolled) in development studies, environmental science, business administration, marketing, agriculture, economics, education, or other relevant fields. Competencies and values: - • Adaptability and Flexibility - • Commitment and Motivation - • Commitment to Continuous Learning - • Respect for Diversity Skills and experience: - • Demonstrated interest and/or experience in working with smallholder farmers, especially women, agriculture, and climate change. Need to be open to traveling to rural areas, being in farmstead areas, and working with humility with small farmers or tribal communities. - • Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volun-teer work, internship) would be highly regarded. - • Conducting simple assessments (Research methods quantitative and qualitative) with basic data management and analysis skills (Excel, Kobo) and report writing - • Communication (Writing, speaking, listening) - • Ability to work respectfully and with an open-minded attitude with rural and tribal communities - • Ability to facilitate discussion, training, group sessions - • Creativity and strategic thinking - • Cultural sensitivity and being gender-sensitive - • Proactiveness and commitment - • Flexibility and adaptability in field-based environments - • Documentation through creative media (photography, storytelling, social media etc.) Area(s) of expertise: - Community development, Gender, women's rights